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Xeroderma Pigmentosam
Xeroderma Pigmentosam
Pigmentosum(XP)
When subjected to
ultraviolet radiation
,adjacent( )
pyrimidines( ) on a
DNA strand have a
tendency to interact with
one another to form a
covalent( ) dimer
complex.(example as TT-- )
Once TT is
formed,
ultraviolet radiated
DNA will not be
repaired correctly.
The replication and
the transcription of
DNA will be
influenced
seriously.